| ACCRETING | • accreting v. Present participle of accrete. • ACCRETE v. to grow together. |
| ACCRETION | • accretion n. The act of increasing by natural growth; especially the increase of organic bodies by the internal accession… • accretion n. The act of increasing, or the matter added, by an accession of parts externally; an extraneous addition. • accretion n. Something added externally to promote the external growth of an item. |
| ACENTRICS | • acentrics n. Plural of acentric. • ACENTRIC n. an acentric chromosome or fragment. |
| ANORECTIC | • anorectic adj. Characterised by a lack of appetite, especially as suffering from anorexia nervosa; anorexic. • anorectic adj. Causing a loss of appetite. • anorectic n. A person suffering from anorexia nervosa; an anorexic. |
| ANTARCTIC | • antarctic adj. Alternative spelling of Antarctic. • Antarctic adj. Of, from, or pertaining to Antarctica and the south polar regions. • Antarctic adj. (Figuratively) Opposite, contradictory. |
| ANTHRACIC | • anthracic adj. (Microbiology) Of or relating to anthrax. • ANTHRACIC adj. of or relating to anthrax; as, anthracic blood. |
| ANTICRACK | • anticrack adj. Preventing cracks in a structure. • anticrack adj. Opposing crack cocaine. • anticrack n. Volumetric collapse caused by compression, leading to localization of compaction or compacting shear bands. |
| ARCHONTIC | • archontic adj. Of or relating to an archon. • Archontic adj. (Historical) Pertaining to a Gnostic group or sect prominent in late antique Egypt. • Archontic n. (Historical) A member of this group. |
| CENTAURIC | • CENTAURIC adj. integrating mind and body. |
| CENTRICAL | • centrical adj. In or by the center; central. • centrical adj. Containing a center. • CENTRICAL adj. placed in the center or middle; central, also CENTRIC. |
| CIRCINATE | • circinate adj. (Botany) Used of leaves or similar parts that are coiled on themselves from the apex toward their base. • circinate adj. (Medicine) Round or ring-shaped, particularly with distinct margins forming some sort of motive; annular. • CIRCINATE adj. rolled up with its apex in the centre, like a young fern. |
| DRACONTIC | • dracontic adj. Alternative form of draconic (“suggestive of dragons”). • DRACONTIC adj. unusually harsh, also DRACONIAN, DRACONIC. |
| INTRICACY | • intricacy n. The state or quality of being intricate or entangled. • intricacy n. Perplexity. • intricacy n. Something which is intricate or complex. |
| NARCISTIC | • narcistic adj. Dated form of narcissistic. • NARCISTIC adj. excessively admiring of oneself. |
| NARCOTICS | • narcotics n. Plural of narcotic. • narcotics adj. Alternative form of narcotic; Pertaining to narcotic drugs. • narcotics adj. (Law enforcement, law, politics) Pertaining to illicit drugs, especially psychoactive ones. |
| PANCRATIC | • pancratic adj. (Optometry) Having all or many degrees of power; having a great range of power; said of an eyepiece… • pancratic adj. Relating to the athletic contest called the pancratium. • PANCRATIC adj. excelling all round in athletics or accomplishments. |